Beatty vs Tonopah

A side-by-side comparison of Beatty and Tonopah: population, income, housing, and more.

Beatty and Tonopah are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tonopah has the higher population (1,938 vs 637 in Beatty). Tonopah has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $154,100 in Beatty). Since 2019, Tonopah's population has grown faster (-3.5% vs -20.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Beatty	Tonopah
Population	637	1,938
Median age	62.3 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$37,922
Median home value	$154,100	$182,000
Median gross rent	$842	$845
Housing units	452	1,316
Homeownership rate	63.2%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beatty	Tonopah
Population	804 → 637 (-20.8%)	2,009 → 1,938 (-3.5%)
Median household income	—	$36,429 → $37,922 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $154,100 (+105.5%)	$102,400 → $182,000 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $842 (+35.4%)	$666 → $845 (+26.9%)

Beatty

Population

804637

Median home value

$75,000$154,100

Median gross rent

$622$842

Tonopah

Population

2,0091,938

Median household income

$36,429$37,922

Median home value

$102,400$182,000

Median gross rent

$666$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beatty	Tonopah
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	17.4%
55 to 64	36.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	39.1%	35.1%
75 and over	7.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beatty	Tonopah
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	72.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beatty	Tonopah
No high school diploma	30.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beatty	Tonopah
Drove alone	38.5%	39.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	32.0%
Public transit	0.0%	15.3%
Walked	53.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beatty	Tonopah
1-unit, detached	39.8%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.6%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Beatty	Tonopah
Poverty rate	7.8%	19.7%
Average household size	1.60	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1983	1982